21st Century Underground

After a brief hiatus, we’re back with another episode to help pass the long hours during quarantine. This week we discuss our lifelong love of movies and the different films and filmmakers that have inspired us. PS our apologies for the poor audio quality, we’re still working out the kinks in this remote recording situation. Follow us at: @21centuryunderground Salvatore: @theneoncodex Mike: @mikevivace Brandon: @thesamsarastudios

Yeah maybe we could do that tomorrow, or talk about the short film. Short film was really interesting to me when we discussed it the other day, I haven’t been getting much from the feature lately, the trail went cold for the moment, I’ll have to re-examine it somehow. I’m sure once I stop whining like a little child and get my lazy ass thinking about it I’ll come up with something Doom Eternal https://open.spotify.com/album/600ClrWRsAr7jZ0qjaBLHz?si=dV9JyzPMSPmIoO9wYTtWgw @21stCenturyUnderground Brandon @TheSamsaraStudios Salvatore @TheNeonCodex Mike @Mikevivace

An update from us during the first week of COVID-19 self-quarantine. We discuss our thoughts and feelings on the situation, our personal adversities, and what we’re doing to keep busy during the long hours of social distancing. Recorded 3/19. 21CU Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6N3u4hRxwtibokVfTtQhgU?si=CE6O2SGuSnePCCO_hlbjzQ The Criterion Channel (Get in on that 14-day free trial): https://www.criterionchannel.com

On this week’s episode the topic is music! Our three hosts discuss their love for the medium and the various artists and songs that have inspired and moved them across their lives. After the episode check out our exclusive 21CU playlist, containing contributions from all three hosts with a vast and eclectic array of artists to form the music that we grew up on: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6N3u4hRxwtibokVfTtQhgU?si=-D9lAzn_RhSaKlof50AHYg Mike’s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/1274389018?si=D7SK-35sQ_6EbME-he45uw Brandon’s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/bsalaz114?si=tBQKOuMYQLqsTF3QUtjyWA Salvatore’s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/shilohpromm?si=pzrHA1dnTKyy_UcOzb3G_A Follow us on: Brandon: @TheSamsaraStudio Mike: @MikeVivace Salvatore: @TheNeonCodex @21stcenturyunderground

On this week’s episode, the boys talk about their favorite comedies in literature, music, and film. We will get into Edgar Wright, Thomas Pynchon, Pink Guy, and many more. So relax, laugh, and have a good time! SUBSCRIBE! Dora the Explora - Pink Guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQA7Bu2zm0 Shaun of the Dead https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143125753/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_fjMAEbNY5V8A3 Follow us: @21stCenturyUnderground Brandon: @TheSamsaraStudios Mike: @Mikevivace Salvatore: @TheNeonCodex

On this week’s episode we discuss homage in film, literature, and music, and the balance of paying tribute to your influences while still utilizing your own artistic voice. We discuss examples from popular entertainment as well as our own work. Follow us at @21stcenturyunderground @thesamsarastudios @mikevivace @theneoncodex #21CU #HorseCampTV @HorseCampTV

On this week's episode, we take the show on the road and travel into the heart of the vortex in red rock country, to beautiful Sedona! We sit down with filmmaker Ryan O'Leary and discuss his short film "The Lost Weekend", which has been accepted as a part of the official selection of this year's Sedona International Film Festival. Instagram: @thebloodymess Twitter: @thebloodymess Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.oleary.944 Ryan O'Leary's Soon-to-be-Revamped Website: http://ryanolearyfilms.com/ Ryan's Feature Film "The Backseat" Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Backseat-Allyson-Reilly/dp/B072WBKPMQ Us: @theneoncodex @mikevivace @thesamsarastudios @21stcenturyunderground

Creativity can be a fickle and chaotic thing, in this week's episode our three trusted guides in all matters creative and artistic walk you through their individual processes. Beginning with the flighty and ephemeral idea stage where inspiration first strikes, all the way to following through with the disciplined and focused work of putting those ideas into action. After all, to do anything creative requires standing on the line between chaotic inspiration and structured practice...to further stress this point, the boys followed their usual podcast formula in a state of late night near-exhaustion. Separación Short film https://youtu.be/KPyfa1Qpeq8 Follow us at: @21stCenturyUnderground Brandon: @TheSamsaraStudios Mike: @MikeVivace Salvatore: @TheNeonCodex

On this week's episode we sit down with Vic Rincon and Katie Owens, the creators and directors of the YouTube series Cosplay vs the World! They guide us through the passionate and often misunderstood world of professional cosplaying, peeling back the layers of misconception and offering an entertaining and deeply empathetic portrait of this expanding subculture and the people who participate in it. Catch their first two episodes, available now on their YouTube channel Bros N Cons! Crew: @victhevideographer @katieopotatie @thejinxcosplay @okaysian @muchrockness @twoheadedgirlpt2 Cosplayers: @haylthewidow @ambrose_cosplay @fozzywebb74 @amberbriteprops Bros N Cons Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN1ecdHjU3_gWskYZK7kf1Q @BrosnCons

We're back with a special guest this week, and it's no longer just three dudes blasting on the airwave! With so many snubs in the Oscars we wanted to highlight some of our favorite women led projects of 2019. IG: @21stcenturyunderground Brandon: @TheSamsaraStudios Mike: @Mikevivace Salvatore: @TheNeonCodex Chicanos Por La Causa Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9kpRRvpr4

On today's episode, we go deep into issues such as creative obstacles, personal insecurities, and overall mental health, most specifically, how these relate to and harm or help the creative process. We discuss artists and public figures whose stories have affected us, and finally open up about our own issues, struggles, and, gasp! EMOTIONS.

Joining us in the studio today is a virtuoso artistic talent, our very good friend, Papay Solomon. As a Phoenix-based painter, Papay Solomon has been working hard to mythologize and empower the narrative of African immigrants living in the West, through his bold and electrifying portraits. Solomon will be presenting his much deserved first solo exhibition, “African for the First Time” at the Joseph Gross Gallery in Tucson, AZ on February 13th at 4pm. You can find Papay Solomon's work at his website www.papaysolomon.com or his IG @PapaySolomon Follow us at @21stCenturyUndergroud

The guys peel back the layers of the creative process and talk influences! Not just any influences, but ones that came at pivotal times in each of their lives and pushed the envelope of they thought possible...And if that doesn’t do it for you, Salvatore is literally under the influence of about 3 cups of extra strong coffee this episode. IG: @21stCenturyUnderground Brandon: @TheSamsaraStudios Mike: @Mikevivace Salvatore: @theNeonCodex

Today we finally bring to you an entire episode devoted to the indie film wunderkinds, the Safdie Brothers! More specifically we discuss their newest film Uncut Gems, with special guest Tim Xayasomloth from 2 Guys and a Film podcast, available on iTunes and Spotify. Instagram: @21stCenturyUnderground https://www.facebook.com/21st-Century-Underground-Podcast-102900761197431/ Brandon: @TheSamsaraStudios Mike: @Mikevivace Salvatore: @TheNeonCodex Tim: @its_tim_x

It’s a New Years Day extravaganza! While you nurse a hangover a decade in the making and recoil at the dawning realization of a new tax season, take a look back with the guys as they reminisce over the past 10 years of art and entertainment.

On our very first episode of the 21st Century Underground Podcast, our hosts, Mike, Brandon, and Salvatore, weigh in on the recent controversy surrounding legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s comments regarding the behemoth global enterprise that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. IG: @21stcenturyunderground FB: 21st Century Underground Podcast